Bible

Voucher programs in more than a dozen states draw on the public treasury to help students pay for private schools. Typically, 70 percent or more of participating schools are religious, and among them are creationist schools that train students to reject and refute the cornerstones of modern science. Here’s a look at course descriptions, textbooks and assignments from some of those schools.

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry offered up a Bible verse in response to the criticism leveled at her “Lean Forward” ad, in which she said Americans should embrace “a very collective notion of, ‘these are our children.'"